Federal Labour Board Faces Backlog of Religious Exemption Hearings Over Vaccine Mandates

Federal Labour Board Faces Backlog of Religious Exemption Hearings Over Vaccine Mandates
A pharmacist prepares a dose behind a counter lined with vials of COVID-19 vaccines in Toronto on June 18, 2021. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
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The Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board is facing years of hearings into complaints that COVID-19 vaccine mandates discriminated against federal employees’ religious beliefs, prompting the board to end in-person hearings to speed up the clearance of backlogs.

Board arbitrator Christopher Rootham noted the issue in his written decision on a federal employee’s grievance referred for adjudication.